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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (101971)	3/26/2011 8:58:35 AM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224707

So true. "There is a common belief that because so many tax expenditures benefit upper-income taxpayers, the 'rich' are not paying their fair share of taxes," Hodge said. "Nothing could be further from the truth." "Today, a record number of Americans – 52 million, or 36 percent of all filers – have no direct connection with the basic cost of government because they pay no income taxes," Hodge told the senators. "If we add this group to the people who have some income but don't file a tax return, the ranks of American households outside the income tax system rise to 48 percent."